Is Your Advice Monster Alive and Well?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen someone comes to you for help, it’s pretty darn natural to give advice. In Motivational Interviewing, The Righting Reflex refers to our natural tendency to give advice, persuade or convince another person to change. It’s...
Motivational Interviewing, Vaccine Hesitancy & Client Autonomy
Reading Time: 2 minutesI know this is a sticky subject! And it is with much thought that I decided to weigh in here. I want to start this post with a reminder that embedded in Motivational Interviewing SPIRIT is honoring client autonomy. Our clients have the...
Why is it called Motivational Interviewing??
Reading Time: 2 minutesI had a hard time with the name ‘Motivational Interviewing’ initially. It sounded like a cheerleading kind of thing– is it about ME motivating my CLIENTS to change? That sounds like what I’m already trying to do and it’s exhausting!...
Releasing My Expectations, OVER and OVER Again
Reading Time: 2 minutesSometimes, I just gotta acknowledge that my own grief is getting in my way of helping other people change. I’m not talking about grief related to the losses happening in clients lives, like the more obvious events & losses. Those are hard...
Do’s and Don’ts of MI
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou are in the business of helping people change! Yet sometimes you may inadvertently say things that contribute to client resistance to change. Let’s take a look! I invite you to ask yourself these questions: Do I listen more than I talk? Or...
Hillary Bolter